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FUNimation has acquired:

• Asobi ni Iku yo!
  
• B Gata H Kei
  
• Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu Ni!
  
• C
  
• Deadman Wonderland
  
• Steins;Gate

FUNimation acquired the North American distribution rights to the 2010 12 episode series Asobi ni Ikuyo! which they will release as "Cat Planet Cuties" on DVD and Blu-ray in 2012.

FUNimation will release the 12 episode series B Gata H Kei as "B Gata H Kei – Yamada's First Time" on DVD and Blu-ray in 2012.

FUNimation acquired the digital, broadcast, home video, and merchandise rights to the second season of Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu, as well as two OVA episodes. They will release the series as "Baka and Test – Summon the Beasts 2". FUNimation will have exclusive rights to the online simulcast of the second season in the U.S. and will start airing episodes this month with English subtitles after they air in Japan. FUNimation will release the second season and the OVAs on DVD and Blu-ray in 2012.

After having simulcasted the series while it aired, FUNimation announced that they acquired additional rights to the 11 episode series C, including the home entertainment, broadcast, and digital rights.

FUNimation acquired the home entertainment, broadcast, digital, and merchandise rights to Deadman Wonderland and will release the 12 episode series in North America in 2012.

FUNimation also acquired the home entertainment, broadcast, digital, and merchandise rights to Steins;Gate but no release date was specified.

Sources: Funi's Asobi ni Iku yo! blog entry, B Gata H Kei blog entry, Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu Ni! blog entry, C blog entry, Deadman Wonderland blog entry, Steins;Gate blog entry

aah great choices except for ALL OF THEM (except for steins;gate)

Pretty good series to license, but I hate how they add their own stupid names like "Cat Planet Cuties" and "Yamada's First Time".

Yamada's First Time / B Gata H Kei anime spoiler:


Mod Edit: Added spoiler tags.

"Cat Planet Cuties" sounds like it's some porn directed by Ed Wood...

Why couldn't they wait to license Baka to Test 2 until after it's aired? ;_;

I'd actually buy Steins;Gate though.

Only Disappointment Knows My Name ;_;

Seriously though, [C] got less views than that Hidan no Aria (whatever that crap is called) on Youtube, yet it's getting licensed ahead of it? Granted it's obvious how bad it is, but the numbers don't lie. If they're going to do that, then they need to license Tatami Galaxy and House of Five Leaves.

Thanks FUNimation, a bunch of series I have no interest in.

I'm only interested in the Baka to Test license.

YAS B GATA H KEI. Second season please. T_T

Because they are simulcasting it

Can you guys please stop calling B Gata bad?

Sure, it isn't a masterpiece of intellectual discourse in the animated medium, but it was never meant to be.

It was meant to be a light-hearted perverted romp, and at that, I thought it succeeded, at least to the point where it exceeds most of the other ecchi comedies I have seen in terms of humor. It certainly had me laugh quite a bit when I watched it

As for the news announcement, I live in the UK, so this only affects me in terms of sub availability. I probably wouldn't buy anything there anyway, unless B Gata was available on discount or something

Steins;Gate is my second favorite anime this year, so I'm happy about it.
Deadman's Wonderland was fine, and I would actually liked to see it dubbed.
C was meh.
All the others I haven't seen.

The only ones I'm not interested in are Asobi ni Iku yo! and [C]
Deadman Wonderland and Steins;Gate's licenses, on the other hand, I'd really been waiting for.
Haven't watched Baka to Test S1 yet (Still waiting for it's dub), so I couldn't really say anything about S2.
B Gata, I may actually give a shot. Doesn't really seem bad.

lol

Meh. A few there I like and a few there I couldn't care less about. Could have been worse.

AMEN. B Gata H Kei > Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu, tbh.

Since FUNimation already simulcast [C] it's obvious that they license that series. I'm looking forward to a DVD release for Deadman Wonderland and Steins;Gate.
It's like FUNimation is totally taking over the entire anime industry, licensing every anime there is. I like them but almost every DVD release each week, most of them are from FUNimation.

THIS

lol

also if funimation fucks up stiens gate translation ill buy it from japan directly i dont care if ill have to pay 800 just to prove a point

Have to say, nice package. And mostly not unexpected.

May have to import Steins;Gate. It's pretty damn good.

C was a bit meh and the first season of Baka wasn't all that good either, the others I haven't seen.